Timothy Spall

Hamlet (1996)

Hamlet (1996)
Rating: ★★★★
Aug 14, 2004Shakespeare Adaptation/Ghosts and Madness
Kenneth Branagh emerged as an director with his dynamic cinematic Shakespeare adaptations. In this lavish production, he attempts no less than a definitive version of what is regarded as Shakespeare's greatest play
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Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Rating: ★★
Dec 28, 2004Gothic Children's Fantasy
Film adaptation of the popular children's books expends much effort on the design and look and a wildly over-acting Jim Carrey as the villain. Beyond that, the show never much goes anywhere
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Rating: ★★½
Nov 26, 2005Young Wizard
Fourth of the Harry Potter films and one that feels much more seamless and sure of itself as a story. The problem is the absurd contrivation of J.K. Rowling's weak story that wheels out every sports movie cliche in the book
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Enchanted (2007)

Enchanted (2007)
Rating: ★★½
Dec 27, 2007Animated Fairytale Characters Enter the Real World
Disney film in which an animated fairytale princess emerges through into the real world to become Amy Adams. This becomes the opportunity to amusingly puncture the unreal world of the Disney fairytale
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Rating: ★★
Feb 3, 2008Murderous Barber Musical
Tim Burton takes on the film version of the Stephen Sondhiem musical about a murderous barber featuring Johnny Depp in the title role. Disappointingly, Burton still makes the same film he always does
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Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)

Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)
Rating: ★★½
Nov 1, 2012Nazis Invade England/Satiric Alternate History/Puppet Film
A puppet film about a satiric Nazi invasion of England in World War II. Imagine It Happened Here by way of Team America. This has its amusements but is uneven to the point you are not sure at times whether it is taking the patriotic jingoism seriously or satirically
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Alice in Wonderland (2010)

Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Rating: ★★
Mar 9, 2010Alice in Wonderland Adaptation/Epic Adventure
Tim Burton takes on Lewis Carroll but Carroll gets lost beneath Burton doing his usual quirky eccentric thing and a plot that seems to want to turn Alice's adventures into a modern epic fantasy
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Upside Down (2012)

Upside Down (2012)
Rating: ★★★
Jul 28, 2013Two Worlds with Gravity in Opposing Directions
The frustration of a film that has a scientifically nonsensical premise - two planets where gravity is oriented in opposing directions - that is also surprisingly imaginatively made. This creates some genuinely amazing visuals and designs of the two worlds and showing the people on them interacting
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The Enfield Haunting (2015)

The Enfield Haunting (2015)
Rating: ★★★½
Oct 3, 2016Haunted House/"True Story"
The Enfield Haunting is a supposedly true-life haunting that most audiences are familiar with from The Conjuring 2; this is an earlier tv mini-series treatment that offers a more realistically grounded telling
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Fungus the Bogeyman (2015)

Fungus the Bogeyman (2015)
Rating: ★★½
Mar 13, 2017Secret World of Filth-Loving Bogeys
Second tv version of the Raymond Briggs book about a secret society of bogeys who love all that is filthy and disgusting, This cheats when it comes to the bogeys but goes all out on the disgustingness of their lifestyle
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Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Rating: ★★
Jun 4, 2016Alice in Wonderland Sequel
Sequel to the 2010 Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland. This has even less in common with Lewis Carroll's book sequel than its predecessor did – a total of two scenes. The sets and effects are just pretty eye candy
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The Changeover (2017)

The Changeover (2017)
Rating: ★★
Mar 26, 2018Young Adult/Teen Witch's Journey
Adaptation of a book by NZ author Margaret Mahy. Mahy has a sublimely poetic turn of phrase in the writing but the film strips the book down to the point we get no more than a by-the-numbers Young Adult work
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